Trump has downplayed concerns about AI following warnings from industry leaders over the weekend regarding potential misuse At an event in Washington, partisanship took a back seat as elected officials, religious leaders, parents and artists called for reining in artificial intelligence. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Trump has downplayed concerns about AI following warnings from industry leaders over the weekend regarding potential misuseS1

• At an event in Washington, partisanship took a back seat as elected officials, religious leaders, parents and artists called for reining in artificial intelligence.S2

• Leftwing senator and far-right strategist rail against tech oligarchs but offer competing visions on Chinese ‘cold war’The progressive senator Bernie Sanders and rightwing strategist Steve Bannon have called for restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) but...S3